When we clear the physical clutter from our lives, we literally make way for inspiration and 'good, orderly direction' to enter.

Procrastination is not Laziness", I tell him. "It is fear. Call it by its right name, and forgive yourself.

Agendas tend to drain the life out of relationships.

At it's essence, art is an alchemical process. Alchemy is a process of transformation.

When writing becomes too dominant, it gets leached of its own power. We spend more and more time writing and we have less and less to write about.

Do what intrigues you, explore what interests you; think mystery, not mastery.

Judging your early artistic efforts is artist abuse. . . Remember that in order to recover as an artist, you must be willing to be a bad artist. Give yourself permission to be a beginner. By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one